DOCTRESS
Doc"tress, n.
Defn: A female doctor. [R.]
DOCTRINABLE
Doc"tri*na*ble, a.
Defn: Of the nature of, or constituting, doctrine. [Obs.] Sir P.
Sidney.
DOCTRINAIRE
Doc`tri*naire", n. Etym: [F. See Doctrine.]
Defn: One who would apply to political or other practical concerns the abstract doctrines or the theories of his own philosophical system; a propounder of a new set of opinions; a dogmatic theorist. Used also adjectively; as, doctrinaire notions.
Note: In french history, the Doctrinaires were a constitutionalist party which originated after the restoration of the Bourbons, and represented the interests of liberalism and progress. After the Revolution of July, 1830, when they came into power, they assumed a conservative position in antagonism with the republicans and radicals. Am. Cyc.
DOCTRINAL Doc"tri*nal, a. Etym: [LL. doctrinalis, fr. L. doctrina: cf. F. doctrinal. See Doctrine.]
1. Pertaining to, or containing, doctrine or something taught and to be believed; as, a doctrinal observation. "Doctrinal clauses." Macaulay.
2. Pertaining to, or having to do with, teaching. The word of God serveth no otherwise than in the nature of a doctrinal instrument. Hooker.